CEED Application Form 2026 (OUT): Direct Link, Steps to Fill, Fees, Form Correction & What Next?

The updated application fee that candidates have to pay an application fee when applying for the CEED exam is shown below.

Women candidates - INR 2000

SC, ST, PwD candidates - INR 2000

All other candidates - INR 4000

The candidate will have to pay a fee as per the category they belong. If the candidate selects the wrong category and pay the wrong feels, he or she may be disqualified. So, care must be taken when selecting ones category.

IIT Bombay will release the admission schedule for the CEED 2026 exam, including the application start and last dates, at the time of the release of the application form. The CEED application form is expected to open in the first week of October 2025.

The candidate will also has the option to apply with late fees of INR 500 in the first week of November 2025. IIT Bombay may also extend the last dates for submission of the form.

Candidates can retrieve their login credentials through the "Forgot Password" option on the CEED portal using their registered email ID.

• Forgot Password option is available on the CEED official portal. Upon selecting this option, candidates will need to enter their registered email ID.
• A password reset link or further instructions will be sent to the provided email.
• By following the steps mentioned in the email, candidates can reset their password and regain access to their application dashboard.

After submission and payment, candidates must download the confirmation page. The admit card will be available for download on the specified date. The admit card will be available for download from the official website a few weeks before the exam date. Candidates should check for updates regularly.

All official announcements, including application status, admit card, and exam details, will be available on the CEED official website. Aspirants are advised to check regularly for updates.

To appear in the CEED 2026 exam, the candidate must have passed a degree, Diploma, or postgraduate degree exam of minimum three years. There is no limit on the upper age limit or number of attempts for appearing in CEED.

The eligibility criteria that candidates need to meet for appearing in the CEED have been explained below.

• Qualifying exam: The candidate must have completed a degree, Diploma, or postgraduate programme of a minimum of THREE years (after 10+2). Or, Appearing for the final exam of such a programme by July 2026 or, Must have passed the GD Arts Diploma programme (10+5) level by July 2025.
• Age limit - No upper age limit.
• Number of Attempts - The CEED exam can be attempted any number of times.

It is incumbent on the candidate to carefully go through the eligibility criteria before filling out the CEED application form. It is because if the candidate doesn't meet any of the criteria, then he or she can be disqualified at any stage of the admission process.

Candidates must report any issue faced by them while filling the CEED application form by clicking on the 'Report Problem' tab that is present on the right side of the application process windows. The tab is highlight in yellow colour. On clicking this tab, candidates had to elaborate on the problem that they are experiencing and also mention their registration number.

It was recommended that candidates fill out the form as soon as possible and don't wait for the last few days. It is because students could face server or other such issues which could delay or hinder the application process.

The CEED registration form must be submitted online only through the official website. The registration fee is given below:

• 2000 for all women candidates
• 2000 for (SC/ST/PwD) candidates
• 4000 for all other candidates

 This registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.

 

The difficulty level of CEED exam has been maintained by authorities over the years. However, most design aspirants share that if difficulty level of all design entrance exams conducted for PG level courses is compared then CEED is slightly easier than NID Entrance Exam. This is primarily because the drawing questions asked in NID that are considered to be tougher than those put forth in CEED exam. Note that CEED exam is for admission to the M.Des courses offered by the eight participating colleges. Meanwhile, the NID that for the M.Des programme has three participating colleges.

The application form for CEED 2025 will be released online at ceed.iitb.ac.in. To fill out the form, you need to follow these steps:

Go to the CEED 2025 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in
If application is open, the application link will be activated
Click on the link to go to the registration page
Fill in your name, email id, and mobile number to get registered
After registration, log in to fill the rest of the application form
Enter academic, personal, and contact details
Upload documents
Pay the application fee
Once the application process is complete, download and take a sprint the CEED online form.

Seats available for CEED admission vary from one institute to the other (that accept the exam scores for admission). For e. g, IIT Hyderabad has 30 seats, while IISc Bangalore has 18 seats. Candidates are informed that CEED is just a qualifying exam. Thus, any aspirant who clears CEED exam may have to appear in further admission rounds that may be conducted by the participating college. The application process at the participating colleges typically open once the CEED entrance exam results are announced.

There is no option to apply for CEED 2025 exam offline. Also, application forms submitted offline, after dowloading and taking a printout of the form and filling it offline, will not be accepted. 

Candidates may note that the CEED 2025 application process is completely online. So, to fill out the form, you need to go the CEED 2025 admission portals - ceed.iitb.ac.in. Click on the application link, fill in all the essential details, upload documents, and pay the fee to complete the application process.

The CEED 2024 application form is currently closed. 

Both CEED and UCEED exams are conducted by IIT Bombay. However, CEED scores are used to shortlist candidates for admission to the M.Des courses, whereas UCEED is an entrance exam for admission to the B. Des course. IIT Bombay also conducts a Joint Admission Process (or counseling) for UCEED qualified candidates. However, IIT Bombay doesn't conduct any joint counseling for CEED qualified candidates. Instead, candidates who have been assigned CEED merit ranks will have to apply directly to the participating college.

A total of 6037 candidates registered for CEED 2023, out of which 4,910 candidates appeared, and 1,886 candidates qualified in the exam. By comparison, in 2020, 5,564 students took CEED exam and 1,724 qualified the exam. Common Entrance Examination for Design was given by 5,491 in 2019 and out of this number, 1,179 candidates qualified the design entrance test. Along with national-level exams like NID that and NIFT, CEED is among the most popular PG entrance exams in the country. The application form for CEED 2024 will open tentatively in the last week of September 2023.